The biology of parasites

• Titel: The biology of parasites
• Mitwirkende: Lucius, Richard [HerausgeberIn]
• Mitwirkende: Loos-Frank, Brigitte [HerausgeberIn]
• Mitwirkende: Lane, Richard P. [HerausgeberIn]
• Mitwirkende: Poulin, Robert [HerausgeberIn]
• Mitwirkende: Roberts, Craig W. [HerausgeberIn]
• Mitwirkende: Grencis, Richard K. [HerausgeberIn]
• Verf.angabe: Richard Lucius, Brigitte Loos-Frank, Richard P. Lane, Robert Poulin, Craig W. Roberts, and Richard K. Grencis
• Verlagsort: Weinheim
• Verlag: Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA
• E-Jahr: 2017
• Jahr: [2017]
• Umfang: 1 Online-Ressource (XIII, 452 Seiten)
• Illustrationen: Illustrationen, Diagramme, Karten
• ISBN: 978-3-527-69855-4
• Schlagwörter: (s)Parasitologie
• Datenträger: Online-Ressource
• Dokumenttyp: Aufsatzsammlung
• Sprache: eng
• Bibliogr. Hinweis: Erscheint auch als : Druck-Ausgabe: Lucius, Richard: The Biology of Parasites. - Weinheim : Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, 2017. - XIII, 452 Seiten
• RVK-Notation: WI 3640
• Sach-SW: Parasites
• Sach-SW: Electronic books
• K10plus-PPN: 1657233642
• K10plus-PPN:
  Universitätsbibliothek
• Lokale URL UB: Zum Volltext

Abstract

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1 General Aspects of Parasite Biology -- 1.1 Introduction to Parasitology and Its Terminology -- 1.1.1 Parasites -- 1.1.2 Types of Interactions Between Different Species -- 1.1.3 Different Forms of Parasitism -- 1.1.4 Parasites and Hosts -- 1.1.5 Modes of Transmission -- Further Reading -- 1.2 What Is Unique About Parasites? -- 1.2.1 A Very Peculiar Habitat: The Host -- 1.2.2 Specific Morphological and Physiological Adaptations -- 1.2.3 Flexible Strategies of Reproduction -- Further Reading -- 1.3 The Impact of Parasites on Host Individuals and Host Populations -- Further Reading -- 1.4 Parasite-Host Coevolution -- 1.4.1 Main Features of Coevolution -- 1.4.2 Role of Alleles in Coevolution -- 1.4.3 Rareness Is an Advantage -- 1.4.4 Malaria as an Example of Coevolution -- Further Reading -- 1.5 Influence of Parasites on Mate Choice -- Further Reading -- 1.6 Immunobiology of Parasites -- 1.6.1 Defense Mechanisms of Hosts -- 1.6.2 Immune Evasion -- 1.6.3 Parasites as Opportunistic Pathogens -- 1.6.4 Hygiene Hypothesis: Do Parasites Have a Good Side? -- Further Reading -- 1.7 How Parasites Alter Their Hosts -- 1.7.1 Alterations of Host Cells -- 1.7.2 Intrusion into the Hormonal System of the Host -- 1.7.3 Changing the Behavior of Hosts -- Further Reading -- Chapter 2 Biology of Parasitic Protozoa -- 2.1 Introduction -- Further Reading -- 2.2 Metamonada -- 2.2.1 Giardia lamblia -- Further Reading -- 2.3 Parabasala -- 2.3.1 Trichomonas vaginalis -- 2.3.2 Tritrichomonas foetus -- Further Reading -- 2.4 Amoebozoa -- 2.4.1 Entamoeba histolytica -- 2.4.2 Entamoeba dispar -- 2.4.3 Other Entamoeba Species -- 2.4.4 Further Intestinal Amoebae -- 2.4.5 Acanthamoeba -- Further Reading -- 2.5 Euglenozoa -- 2.5.1 Cell Biology and Genome -- 2.5.2 Phylogeny -- 2.5.3 Trypanosoma brucei.